Japanese Roboticist Creates Creepy Telepresence Robot

Posted on August 3, 2010

The Daily Mail reprots that a Japanese roboticist has unveiled a telepresence robot called the Telenoid R1. The creepy, limbless robot was designed to transmit the presence of a person from a long distance. Hiroshi Ishiguro, the robot's creator, says, "The unique appearance may be eerie when we first see it. However, once we communicate with others by using the telenoid, we can adapt to it. If a friend speaks from the telenoid, we can imagine the friend's face on the telenoid's face."

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